Man recovering from brain injury has money stolen by caretaker

PLAINSBORO — The man assigned to take care of a patient recovering from a brain injury allegedly stole money from him, according to police.

On June 12, the sister of the victim contacted Plainsboro police to report that an unknown person was stealing money from his savings account using his ATM card. The victim is a resident of the Bancroft Brain Injury Rehabilitation program in Plainsboro. Police found that Farhan Kayani, who lists himself as the manager of direct care for Bancroft on his LinkedIn profile, allegedly took the victim’s ATM card from his room during night hours and withdrew $618 before returning the card to the victim.

Kayani, 29, was arrested at his home in Hamilton on June 13. He has been charged with burglary, credit card theft and fraudulent uses of a credit card. Investigation into additional victims and additional fraudulent use of the victim’s credit card is ongoing.